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TWEG set to become one-stop-shop for authoritative bioenergy details

16 February 2011
The Wood Energy Group (TWEG), a bioenergy information group, and its website - www.woodenergy.net.au – has been officially launched.
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Federal probe into SA forest sale plans

14 February 2011
INDEPENDENT Senator Nick Xenophon has secured a federal inquiry into a South Australian Government decision to sell off forests.
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Forestry Tasmania aiming for a perfect record

14 February 2011
FORESTRY TASMANIA says it almost got it completely right last year – there was only one weekend in April when smoke from regeneration burns contributed to an exceedance of air quality standards.
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Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association: No breach of Statement of Principles

09 February 2011
The rumour that the Tasmanian forest Statement of Principles is being breached through the engagement of new forest contractors appears to be without foundation, TFCA CEO Ed Vincent said today.
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New advertising campaign aims to make a difference

09 February 2011
Forest and Wood Products Australia Limited (FWPA) is to launch a national industry careers advertising campaign aiming to increase awareness of the opportunities in the forest and wood products sector in early March 2011.
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Fire at the Norske Skog Saugbrugs mill in Norway halts production

07 February 2011
ON THE morning of 2 February, fire caused damage to part of the thermo-mechanical pulp plant which supplies the paper machines with fibre at Norske Skog Saugbrugs mill. Although the fire was quickly brought under control, it caused significant damage to the electrical cabling. No empl
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Approval for genetically modified pine trees test site

07 February 2011
APPROVAL, WITH controls, has been given to Scion to field test genetically modified radiata pine (Pinus radiata) in outdoor containment.
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Soft end for new home sales in 2010

07 February 2011
NEW HOME sales eased for a second consecutive month in December 2010, says the Housing Industry Association, the voice of Australia’s residential building industry.
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Pilgrimage to the Mount

07 February 2011
FIFTY YEARS ago Mount Gambier hosted a large contingent of Timber Merchants to the region, led by many industry leaders who went on to bring Hoo-Hoo to Australia. Now a tour, “Come and See’ has been organized to commemorates the vision of those past leaders and honour them.
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You could be entitled to a satellite phone subsidy

07 February 2011
THE FEDERAL Government’s Satellite Phone Subsidy Scheme helps people living, working or travelling for extended periods outside areas with handheld terrestrial mobile phone coverage to purchase satellite mobile phones.
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